ISBN:
9789047409649
,
9789004151406
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
Jewish Identities in a Changing World 6
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Jewry between Tradition and Secularism : Europe and Israel Compared
Keywords:
Interfaith relations
;
Jews Identity
;
Jews Identity
;
Judaism and secularism
;
Judaism
;
Judaism
;
Orthodox Judaism Relations
;
Nontraditional Jews
;
Secularism
Abstract:
Are Jews today still the carriers of a single and identical collective identity and do they still constitute a single people? This two-fold question arises when one compares a Hassidi Habad from Brooklyn, a Jewish professor at a secular university in Brussels, a traditional Yemeni Jew still living in Sana'a, a Galilee kibbutznik, or a Russian Jew in Novossibirsk. Is there still today a significant relationship between these individuals who all subscribe to Judaism? The analysis shows that the Jewish identity is multiple and can be explained by considering all variants as "surface structures" of the three universal "deep structures" central to the notion of collective identity, namely, collective commitment, perceptions of the collective's singularity, and positioning vis-à-vis "others."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047409649
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